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On the wave interaction in a charged fluid with Hall and ion slip-currents

1983

The evolution of non linear small perturbations in a charged fluid with generalized Ohm's law is considered, pointing out the possibility of effects due to interaction between different waves. Following the perturbative reductive methods, some phase functions for studying interaction are introduced. A suitable hypothesis on their evolution permits us to prove that the amplitudes of the first order perturbation obey Burgers-like equations, in which the dissipative terms are not influenced by the Hall effect.

PhysicsNonlinear systemAmplitudeClassical mechanicsHall effectGeneral MathematicsNumerical analysisDissipative systemSlip (materials science)OhmIonANNALI DELL UNIVERSITA DI FERRARA
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Oscillations of a highly discrete breather with a critical regime

2000

We analyze carefully the essential features of the dynamics of a stationary discrete breather in the ultimate degree of energy localization in a nonlinear Klein-Gordon lattice with an on-site double-well potential. We demonstrate the existence of three different regimes of oscillatory motion in the breather dynamics, which are closely related to the motion of the central particle in an effective potential having two nondegenerate wells. In given parameter regions, we observe an untrapped regime, in which the central particle executes large-amplitude oscillations from one to the other side of the potential barrier. In other parameter regions, we find the trapped regime, in which the central …

PhysicsNonlinear systemBreatherWave propagationLattice (order)Quantum electrodynamicsAnharmonicityRectangular potential barrierRadiowave propagationCritical regimePhysical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
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Anisotropic Heisenberg chain with composite spin

1986

A family of one-dimensional magnetic Hamiltonians is introduced, where at each site there are $n$ spin-$S$ operators. It is shown that, for special couplings between spins and for $S=\frac{1}{2}$, the model contains the complete spectrum of the Heisenberg chain with spins \textonehalf{}, 1, frac32;, etc., and the ground state is that of the corresponding Heisenberg chain. By the varying of a single parameter the model allows continuous transitions between chains with different spin. We map the spin-($S+S$) model onto the nonlinear $\ensuremath{\sigma}$ model and discuss the possibility of a finite gap in the spin-(\textonehalf{}+\textonehalf{}) model.

PhysicsNonlinear systemChain (algebraic topology)SpinsQuantum mechanicsSpectrum (functional analysis)SigmaCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsSpin (physics)Ground stateAnisotropyPhysical Review B
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Nonlinear inverse bremsstrahlung and highly anisotropic electron distributions

1996

A procedure is proposed to deal with the approximate solution of the kinetic equation for the velocity distribution function of electrons in a fully ionized plasma in the presence of strong, high frequency radiation. The Legendre polynomial expansion is applied after the kinetic equation has been written in an oscillating frame, where some directions are appropriately scaled, with the aim of making approximately isotropic, on the average, distributions that are otherwise anisotropic. The equations are derived for the isotropic part of the electron distribution in the scaled frame and for the scaling factor. The procedure is meant to display its potential in cases where the electron distribu…

PhysicsNonlinear systemClassical mechanicsDistribution functionField (physics)IsotropyBremsstrahlungElectronAnisotropyLegendre polynomialsComputational physicsPhysical Review E
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Non-adiabatic manipulation of slow-light solitons

2005

We provide an exact analytic description of decelerating, stopping and reaccelerating optical solitons in atomic media in the non-adiabatic regime. Dynamical control over slow-light pulses is realized via a nonlinear interplay between the solitons and the controlling field generated by an auxiliary laser. This leads to recovery of optical information. We discuss physically interesting features of our solution, which are in good agreement with recent experiments.

PhysicsNonlinear systemClassical mechanicsField (physics)lawGeneral Physics and AstronomyDynamical controlSlow lightAdiabatic processLaserlaw.inventionNew Journal of Physics
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Ansatz independent solution of a soliton in a strong dispersion-management system

2001

We introduce a theoretical approach to the study of propagation in systems with periodic strongmanagement dispersion. Our approach does not assume any ansatz about the form of the solution nor does it make use of any average procedure. We find an explicit solution for the pulse evolution in the fast dynamics regime ~distances smaller than the dispersion period!. We also establish the equation of motion governing the slow dynamics of an arbitrary pulse and prove that the pulse evolution is nonlinear and Hamiltonian. We solve this equation and find that a nonlinear solitonlike solution occurs self-consistently in the form of an asymptotic stationary eigenfunction of the Hamiltonian.

PhysicsNonlinear systemClassical mechanicsWave propagationMathematical analysisDispersion (optics)SolitonEigenfunctionHamiltonian (control theory)AnsatzPulse (physics)AIP Conference Proceedings
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COMPRESSION OF ENVELOPE SOLITONS IN NONLINEAR ELECTRICAL LINES

1989

Resume : La propagation des solitons enveloppe dans les lignes non lineaires de transmission electrique et de transmission Josephson est etudiee sous l'aspect theorique et en simulation numerique. Dans l'approximation des milieux continus et la limite des faibles amplitudes, les equations caracteristiques de ces lignes se ramenent a l'equation NLS . La solution "a deux solitons enveloppe" se propage parfaitement dans les lignes considerees avec des phenomenes de recurrence et de compression d'enveloppe. Ceci est observe egalement pour des profils d'excitation non solution de NLS, ce qui est d'un grand interet pour les applications pratiques.

PhysicsNonlinear systemCompression (functional analysis)General EngineeringMathematical physicsEnvelope (waves)Le Journal de Physique Colloques
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Nonlinear SDE Excited by External Lévy White Noise Processes

2011

A numerical method for approximating the statistics of the solution of nonlinear stochastic systems excited by Gaussian and non-Gaussian external white noises is proposed. The differential equation governing the evolution in time of the characteristic function is resolved by the convolution quadrature method. This approach is especially suited for those problems in which the nonlinear drift term is not of polynomial form. In such cases the equation governing the evolution in time of the characteristic function is not a partial differential equation. Statistics are found by introducing an integral operator of Wiener-Hopf type, called the transformation operator, and applying the Lubich's con…

PhysicsNonlinear systemConvolution quadrature: Lévy white noiseStochastic differential equationExcited stateQuantum electrodynamicsNon-polynomial drift.White noiseSettore ICAR/08 - Scienza Delle CostruzioniGeneralized fractional calculuProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics(CSM-6)
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Static freezing transition at a finite temperature in a quasi-one-dimensional deuteron glass.

1996

The dipolar freezing process of a quasi-one-dimensional betaine deuteron glass was studied using linear and nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy. The linear response as measured for frequencies $5\mathrm{mHz}l\ensuremath{\nu}l200\mathrm{MHz}$ was analyzed using the recently invented $\ensuremath{\delta}$ plot, providing evidence for a static freezing transition near 30 K. Measurements of the ergodic to nonergodic transition as well as of the incipient divergence of the nonlinear susceptibility yield independent confirmation of this quasistatic freezing transition temperature. The critical exponent describing the nonlinear behavior is found to be $\ensuremath{\gamma}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\p…

PhysicsNonlinear systemDipoleYield (engineering)DeuteriumCondensed matter physicsTransition temperatureGeneral Physics and AstronomyErgodic theoryCritical exponentQuasistatic processPhysical review letters
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Incoherent Soliton Turbulence in Nonlocal Nonlinear Media

2011

The long-term behavior of a modulationally unstable nonintegrable system is known to be characterized by the soliton turbulence self-organization process: It is thermodynamically advantageous for the system to generate a large-scale coherent soliton in order to reach the (‘‘most disordered’’) equilibrium state. We show that this universal process of self-organization breaks down in the presence of a highly nonlocal nonlinear response. A wave turbulence approach based on a Vlasov-like kinetic equation reveals the existence of an incoherent soliton turbulence process: It is advantageous for the system to self-organize into a large-scale, spatially localized, incoherent soliton structure.

PhysicsNonlinear systemDissipative solitonClassical mechanicsThermodynamic equilibriumKinetic equationsTurbulenceGeneral Physics and AstronomySolitonNonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and SolitonsPhysical Review Letters
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